Difference between revisions of "BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons"

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*[[User:PerkinsC|Cameron]] developed the current format used for the [[Help:CreateInfantryWeaponArticle|RPG Weapons]] from the format used for [[Help:CreateWeaponArticle|BattleTech Weapons]]. The current concept for infantry weapons has that there are five sections:  
 
*[[User:PerkinsC|Cameron]] developed the current format used for the [[Help:CreateInfantryWeaponArticle|RPG Weapons]] from the format used for [[Help:CreateWeaponArticle|BattleTech Weapons]]. The current concept for infantry weapons has that there are five sections:  
 
**Description : a basic description of the Infantry Portable or BattleMech mounted Weapon
 
**Description : a basic description of the Infantry Portable or BattleMech mounted Weapon
**Variants : Generic Weapons that lead a category can be listed here, Reccomend that weapons that have been given their own stats are linked to from this section
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**Variants : Generic Weapons that lead a category can have variants, Recomend that weapons that have been given their own stats are linked to from this section.
 
**References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article
 
**References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article
 
**Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info
 
**Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info
 
*One thing to consider is that the articles tend towards to an in-character (IC) role, though there are some obvious out-of-character (OOC) bits included (ex: BV). If there is a place for a stat in the infobox, do not use it in the description if you can avoid it.
 
*One thing to consider is that the articles tend towards to an in-character (IC) role, though there are some obvious out-of-character (OOC) bits included (ex: BV). If there is a place for a stat in the infobox, do not use it in the description if you can avoid it.
 
*Link everything, at least once. If the term is [[Star League]], link to it. If [[House Marik]] is referenced in the text, link to it. Link to other unit types, like [[DropShip]]s. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, feel free to link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
 
*Link everything, at least once. If the term is [[Star League]], link to it. If [[House Marik]] is referenced in the text, link to it. Link to other unit types, like [[DropShip]]s. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, feel free to link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
*In the variants section, list the whole designation again. For example, if the HCT-3F ''[[Hatchetman]]'' is the primary article, in the variant section, start off each entry from the hyphen, followed by a space, another hyphen and one more space. For example:
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*In the variants section, list the whole designation again. For example, if the [[Auto-Pistol]] is the primary article, in the variant section, start off each entry with the differenced name [[Auto-Pistol (Sternsnacht)]].
**HCT-4M - The variant entry looks like this...
 
  
 
==Open tasks==
 
==Open tasks==

Revision as of 11:36, 9 February 2011

Welcome to the Infantry Weapons WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's coverage of Infantry Weapons. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an article to complete or weighing in on the discussion.

Goals
  • Catalog every Infantry or BattleArmor weapon used in BattleTech, BattleTroops or each of the 4 Role Playing Games And BattleTroops
    • Classic BattleTech [underway]
      • Ensure all variants for all infantry weapons are present
Scope


News

Guidelines

  • Cameron developed the current format used for the RPG Weapons from the format used for BattleTech Weapons. The current concept for infantry weapons has that there are five sections:
    • Description : a basic description of the Infantry Portable or BattleMech mounted Weapon
    • Variants : Generic Weapons that lead a category can have variants, Recomend that weapons that have been given their own stats are linked to from this section.
    • References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article
    • Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info
  • One thing to consider is that the articles tend towards to an in-character (IC) role, though there are some obvious out-of-character (OOC) bits included (ex: BV). If there is a place for a stat in the infobox, do not use it in the description if you can avoid it.
  • Link everything, at least once. If the term is Star League, link to it. If House Marik is referenced in the text, link to it. Link to other unit types, like DropShips. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, feel free to link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
  • In the variants section, list the whole designation again. For example, if the Auto-Pistol is the primary article, in the variant section, start off each entry with the differenced name Auto-Pistol (Sternsnacht).

Open tasks

  • Discuss what categories, outside those limited to Infantry Weapons, should be attached to each 'mech article. (See talk page.)
  • Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles.
  • Place the Project BattleMech messagebox (see Tags below) on each 'Mech discussion page.

Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

  1. Cameron, adding initial entries and cleanup of new entries

Articles

Collaboration and review

Note: Editors, please remove the article from the list once you have weighed in. Please add new articles to the list from the bottom.


New Articles Needed
Please add articles that need to be written.


New Articles Review
See Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapons for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.
If you wish to review new articles, a listing may be found in the New articles needing to be reviewed tracking category.


Peer Review
See Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapons for instructions on how to both flag articles for peer review, and flag that you have reviewed them.
If you wish to peer review articles, a listing may be found in the Articles needing to be peer reviewed tracking category.


Team Assessment
Add an article that you would like to see graded by a Project:Infantry Weapons team member [grading system yet to be introduced].

Featured Articles

Previously Featured

  • None yet.

Candidates

  • Also none yet, but we definitely could use some candidates here.

Templates

Tags

Template:WikiProject Infantry Weapon

File:BTW PMInfantry Weapon.jpg

Categories

In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this is Project Infantry Weapon, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing 'Mechs.


  • Right Now — categorization that is meant be already underway:
    • Currently, the only 'required' category is Category:Infantry Weapons. All Infantry Weapons should be in this category upon article creation.



Note: 'Official' categories you can add 'Infantry Weapons to may be found at the Project Infantry Weapons Portal.

Resources

Related projects

  • Project Infantry Units